Calories

Lulobug22

If you Count calories how many calories do you eat a day? Also, if you workout a lot do you eat more?

cjm724

I only count calories if I am trying to lose weight.  If I am counting, I try to stay around the 1500-1700 calorie range.  I drop weight pretty fast when I do cut my calories back, and only count them for about 7-10 days in order to lose 2-3

Arnegard

I have been training for a half marathon and counting calories.

I give myself a baseline of 1800 calories a day.  I add 100 calories per mile I run each day.  I try to focus on eating high protien, fruits and vegetables.

Lulobug22

I want to lose maybe 5 to 10 pounds. I think for exercising as much as I do I'm not eating enough calories. I've been getting 1200 to 1300 this week but maybe should up it to 1500 since I'm burning a lot. I workout 5 to 6 days a week at the gym. I just

Flamingemu

Google BMR. That will use your activity level as well as age, height, and weight to calculate how many calories you are burning a day. Then depending on your size, subtract from there to get how many you need to lose weight. 

layuh

I stick to 1800 calories per day. Sometimes I go over a little but that is my target. I use MyFitnessPal to track them.

My nutritionest told me not to eat additional calories even when I exercise although I usually allow myself a little extra